A site specific ritual based performance project that addresses issues of displacement, well-being, and the sex trafficking of black women and girls in Oakland.
A performative adventure that explores questions of complacency, intervention, and voyeurism, through active audience participation in the development of the work itself.
Will investigate American masculinity from transgender and queer perspectives, giving voice to ‘outsider’ experiences of masculinities.
A solo show which takes an unflinching and personal look at the Syrian refugee crisis.
A new dance theater work which will explore the concept of finding a safe haven with original songs contributed by a collaborating group of composers.
A multidisciplinary, mobile performance-art installation on Alcatraz Island. Through the collaboration of Northern California First Nations artists and community members, “GROUNDWORKS” will explore native cultural stories .
Explores gender-based sexual violence and challenges today’s pervasive rape culture through dance, theater, music and video. Drawing from specific dance forms pioneered by gay men and women of color and engaging with intergenerational, racially diverse stories of survivors, CUNTI seeks to add complexity to narratives of sexual violence.
A biennial festival that brings together local and national performing artists for performances, panels and workshops. The festival provides participants with unique opportunities for artistic exchange and cross-pollination.
Confronts racial politics and hierarchical structures in dance. The project will examine Neil Greenberg’s seminal work Not About AIDS Dance and Bill T. Jones’ Still/Here, both of which premiered in 1994 in the midst of the AIDS crisis.
Inspired by Kurosawa’s 1950s masterpiece that explored the intersection of memory, perspective and fact. Told through the stories of five main characters, this contemporary adaptation will use theatrical design, dance and a layered sound scape to conjure our present economic and political divide along with our society’s inability to grapple with objective truths.
